Episode #08073

Combat journalist Dexter Filkins discusses the disconnect between preconceived notions about other countries and the realities on the ground. (05:52)

Tags:  Dexter Filkins,  interviews,  wars,  Pakistan,  print media,  Syria,  international affairs,  books,  Afghanistan,  Sri Lanka,  The New Yorker,  travel,  death,  safety,  Bashar al Assad,  Islamic

Episode #08064

Barack Obama's plan to eliminate the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy pits rich against poor, but luckily, the poor aren't buying it. (05:08)

Tags:  The Word,  Barack Obama,  Obama administration,  taxes,  Florida,  economy,  poverty,  wealth,  Rick Scott,  money,  work/office,  labor,  laws,  business,  polls,  Charlie Gasparino,  restaurants,  senior citizens,  prostitution,  education,  Fox News,  pundits

Episode #08055

Super PACs haven't led to billionaires secretly buying democracy, they've led to billionaires publicly buying it. (02:58)

Tags:  money,  Supreme Court,  elections,  Democrats,  Jimmy,  business,  wealth,  under the desk,  fires,  Occupy Wall Street,  founding fathers,  Mitt Romney,  songs,  campaigns,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  Newt Gingrich,  Jon Huntsman,  fundraising

Stephen pays tribute to the Washington insiders who pick up the lunch bill and write the legislative bill. (04:13)

Tags:  On Topic,  exclusives,  mashups,  Better Know a Lobby,  lobbyists,  laws,  guns,  freedom of speech,  marijuana,  labor,  kids,  Washington DC,  environment,  money,  animals,  snakes,  energy,  atheist,  sex,  Congress,  religion

Episode #08017

Make Us Great Again creates a Rick Perry ad, and the Nebraska Democratic Party skirts campaign finance limits with Ben Nelson's issue ads. (05:22)

Tags:  Rick Perry,  Colbert Super PAC,  Ben Nelson,  advertising,  Buddy Roemer,  Karl Rove,  Barbara Bush,  money,  Democrats,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  campaigns,  candidates,  hunting,  laws,  lookin' good

Episode #08010

Documentarian Susan Saladoff explores how the media and corporate America manipulated the public into believing the civil justice system is broken. (05:45)

Tags:  Susan Saladoff,  interviews,  documentaries,  movies,  lawsuits,  lawyers,  trials/hearings,  injuries,  business,  media,  McDonald's,  money,  Constitution,  civil rights,  lying,  laws,  candidates,  Republicans,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012

Episode #07124

Colbert thanks the unsung heroes with a final, eight-tiered Heroe$ Crawl. (00:34)

Tags:  sign off,  Jimmy,  Heroe$ Crawl

Episode #07123

Some states have found a great way to discourage illegal immigrants from coming to America and squatting out a freedom fetus. (05:06)

Tags:  immigration,  pregnancy,  Rick Perry,  debates,  kids,  parents,  border security,  education,  college,  discrimination,  conservative,  Republicans,  Jimmy,  men/women,  labor,  photos,  America,  Mexico,  Mexican,  ethnic,  Arizona,  mongering,  police business,  Tennessee,  crime,  prison,  supernatural,  doctors,  food,  crime,  flags,  Emmy Awards,  apologies,  Sofia Vergara,  Heroe$ Crawl

Episode #07118

The end of "don't ask, don't tell" forever changes America's perception of its military. (03:40)

Tags:  military,  troops,  gay/homosexual,  laws,  discrimination,  photos,  wars,  history,  movies,  stereotypes,  weapons,  Pentagon,  lapel pins,  World War II,  Tom Brokaw,  books,  Ray Odierno,  lookin' good,  penises,  Heroe$ Crawl

Episode #07116

If Barack Obama really believed in his jobs bill, he should have presented it in a leather-bound volume with gold filigree and illuminated initials. (03:03)

Tags:  Barack Obama,  unemployment,  economy,  friendly friends at Fox & Friends,  Fox News,  interns,  Bill Clinton,  Jimmy,  Rupert Murdoch,  media,  print media,  New York Post,  conservative,  Republicans,  laws,  photos,  Heroe$ Crawl

Episode #07115

Debates are supposed to help Americans find the Republican presidential candidate, but instead they found the running mate. (03:24)

Tags:  debates,  Republicans,  Rick Perry,  Wolf Blitzer,  health,  persistent vegetative state,  death penalty,  Tea Party,  Ron Paul,  Mitt Romney,  Tim Pawlenty,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  candidates,  elections,  Grim Reaper,  death,  senior citizens,  Barry Bonds,  steroids,  Nobel Prize,  Paul Krugman,  Al Gore,  college,  Heroe$ Crawl

Episode #07115

Ron Paul needs a credible national endorsement to give his campaign the kind of legitimacy his campaign has not been able to get from his campaign. (03:23)

Tags:  Ron Paul,  candidates,  friend of the show,  Libertarians,  Republicans,  alcohol,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  elections,  health,  Tim Pawlenty,  Bobby Jindal,  photos,  National Geographic,  Constitution,  First Amendment,  voting,  dogs,  death penalty,  Heroe$ Crawl,  police business,  TV

Episode #07105

The Mormon Church's PR campaign makes Mormons irresistibly cool, while only 52% of Americans approve of God. (05:04)

Tags:  Yahweh or No Way,  Mormon,  religion,  lookin' good,  God,  polls,  advertising,  approval ratings,  Mitt Romney,  Indecision,  Catholic,  Indecision 2012,  elections,  campaigns,  candidates,  appearances,  Republicans,  Barack Obama,  secret Muslim,  Joseph Smith,  animals,  the heroes,  sports,  rock 'n' roll,  discrimination,  Jon Huntsman

Episode #07104

Part-time weather balloon Rush Limbaugh exposes the government-manufactured heat index conspiracy, while SpongeBob brainwashes kids with global warming propaganda. (04:59)

Tags:  weather,  global warming,  environment,  science,  Rush Limbaugh,  SpongeBob Squarepants,  conservative,  Steve Doocy,  Gretchen Carlson,  government,  pundits,  Fox News,  conspiracies,  kids,  animation,  Dora the Explorer,  sleep,  monkeys!,  Address the Mess,  the heroes,  education,  Nickelodeon,  mongering,  friendly friends at Fox & Friends

Episode #07101

The state of North Dakota may not exist, subversive weather blows into Arizona, and the classic American game of anti-trust law violation gets a makeover. (07:31)

Tags:  Constitution,  ThreatDown,  North Dakota,  America,  Jimmy,  movies,  documentaries,  flags,  under the desk,  steroids,  Arabic,  weather,  discrimination,  Arizona,  toys & games,  Islamic,  driving,  money,  wealth,  technology,  family,  kids,  the heroes,  Alaska,  troops,  business

Episode #07100

Allegations arise that 80% of Newt Gingrich's Twitter followers aren't real, but making up people may be the key to keeping his campaign alive. (03:48)

Tags:  Newt Gingrich,  Twitter,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  elections,  candidates,  Republicans,  media,  voting,  work/office,  lying,  scandals,  adultery,  Ashton Kutcher,  senior citizens,  Demi Moore,  the heroes,  Ron Paul

Episode #07099

Zappos' C.E.O. Tony Hsieh values weirdness in employees and delivers happiness to customers. (06:55)

Tags:  Tony Hsieh,  interviews,  business,  books,  Internet,  shopping,  fashion,  mental health,  work/office,  science,  cults,  aliens,  religion,  Catholic,  the heroes,  lookin' good,  friends

Episode #07092

With his campaign $1 million in debt, Newt Gingrich will have to abandon Moby Dick Airways and travel on Metaphorical Unattainable Goal Bus Lines. (04:06)

Tags:  Colbert Super PAC,  Colbert Nation,  money,  Newt Gingrich,  literary references,  Republicans,  junk food,  Internet,  fundraising,  debt,  campaigns,  Facebook,  Indecision 2012,  Indecision,  elections,  Jimmy,  transportation,  weight/obesity,  candidates,  the heroes

Episode #07056

Russ Feingold starts Progressives United to muzzle the voices of minority corporations in the political process. (06:14)

Tags:  Russ Feingold,  appearances,  Great Britain,  on location,  Viacom,  business,  money,  freedom of speech,  touch screen,  cats & cats,  campaigns,  elections,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  Jimmy,  laws,  Colbert Super PAC

Episode #07007

50 Cent doesn't see anything illegal about buying 30 million shares of penny stocks and instructing his Twitter followers to run up the price. (05:15)

Tags:  50 Cent,  celebrities,  Twitter,  Internet,  money,  business,  advertising,  stocks,  hip hop,  ethics,  Jimmy